(Reuters) Norwegian energy major Equinor (EQNR.OL) must set tougher near-term targets for reducing the company's climate impact when it presents a new strategy next week, minority shareholders said. Chief Executive Anders Opedal, who took the helm late last year with a promise to speed up the state-controlled firm's renewable investments, also faces demands for climate action from... Continue Reading →
JOINT DEVELOPMENT OF KAROON’S NEON AND GOIÁ FIELDS WILL RECEIVE INVESTMENTS OF UP TO US$784 MILLION
The National Petroleum Agency (ANP) approved this afternoon today (10) the integrated development plan for the Neon and Goiá fields, in the Santos Basin. The two areas are operated by the Australian Karoon, who preferred to propose a joint development plan, as the fields' production unit will be shared. The firm investments proposed for the... Continue Reading →
TotalEnergies Wins Upstream Industry’s Most-admired Explorer Award
French oil and gas giant TotalEnergies (formerly Total) has been crowned the upstream industry’s most-admired explorer for the second year in a row. The accolade is awarded as part of Wood Mackenzie’s annual Exploration Survey. The award ceremony was held in conjunction with the global natural resources research and consultancy business’ Next Generation Energy and... Continue Reading →
Exxon’s board shakeup could force review of billions of dollars in spending
The recent overhaul of Exxon Mobil Corp's (XOM.N) board of directors could shift billions of dollars in spending and strategy over several years, but any changes likely will take time, analysts and investors say. A quarter of directors last month lost their seats to outsiders read more , and the March appointment of activist Jeff Ubben puts a third... Continue Reading →
Tullow Oil seals Dussafu Marin stake sale to Panoro
Oil and gas company Tullow Oil has completed the sale of its Dussafu Marin permit asset in Gabon to Oslo-listed Panoro Energy. Tullow Oil said on Wednesday that it had already received a payment of $39 million for the Dussafu asset earlier in the day as well as a $5 million contingent consideration relating to... Continue Reading →
ExxonMobil cheers fresh discovery off Guyana
Oil major ExxonMobil has made a new discovery at Longtail-3 well located in the Stabroek Block offshore Guyana, using the Stena DrillMAX drillship. Drilling at Longtail-3 encountered 230 feet (70 meters) of net pay, including newly identified, high-quality hydrocarbon-bearing reservoirs below the original Longtail-1 discovery intervals, according to ExxonMobil’s statement on Wednesday. The well is... Continue Reading →
PGS wraps up 3D data revitalization at Bauna field
Petroleum Geo-Services (PGS) has revitalized 3D data over the Bauna field in southwest Santos Basin and its surrounding area offshore Brazil. This preprocessed dataset is now available for evaluation of blocks for Brazil’s upcoming Permanent Offer Round. The data rejuvenation of legacy survey BM-S-40 started from field tapes and applied the latest workflow for data... Continue Reading →
Yinson to Conduct pre-FEED for TotalEnergies’ Suriname, Angola FPSOs
Malaysian FPSO specialist Yinson has been selected by TotalEnergies, to conduct preliminary Front-End Engineering Design (“pre-FEED”) for two FPSOs to be installed in Block 20/21 in Angola and Block 58 in Suriname. The Angola project FPSO is planned to be installed at a water depth of around 1400 meters, some 160 kilometers offshore Luanda. The... Continue Reading →
Shell to deepen emission cuts following court ruling, CEO says
(Reuters) Royal Dutch Shell (RDSa.L) will seek ways to accelerate its energy transition strategy and deepencarbon emission cuts following a landmark Dutch court ruling last month, CEO Ben van Beurden said on Wednesday, a move that will likely lead to a dramatic shrinking of its oil and gas business. Shell plans to appeal the May 26 court... Continue Reading →
OneSubsea Taps Siemens Energy for Bacalhau Subsea Sensors, Connectors
Schlumberger's OneSubsea has ordered a turnkey package from Siemens Energy for the Bacalhau field development project in the Pre-salt region of the Santos Basin. The Bacalhau oilfield, operated by Equinor, is located approximately 115 miles (185 kilometers) off Sao Paulo, Brazil, at a water depth of 6,726 feet (2,050 meters). Equinor sanctioned the field development,... Continue Reading →